Working time

New and updated

• Cases on appeal

  Type:

  Law reports

  Updated to reflect that the Supreme Court is expected to hear the appeal in Aslam and others v Uber BV and others in July 2020.

• Policy on sporting and other special events

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to include dates for the 2020 Olympics and the football European Championships.

• Rest breaks and rest periods

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on Pazur v Lexington Catering Services Ltd, in which the EAT considered if a worker had refused to comply with a requirement imposed in breach of the Working Time Regulations 1998.

• Working time: Threat to dismiss was unlawful detriment

  Date:

  3 October 2019

  Type:

  Law reports

  In Pazur v Lexington Catering Services Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that a kitchen porter had been subjected to a detriment when he was threatened with dismissal after he refused to return to work following a breach of his right to a rest break.

• Shorter working week would be 'unrealistic', report finds

  Date:

  13 September 2019

  Type:

  News

  A blanket shortening of the working week would be unrealistic in the UK as it would not meet the needs of different sectors, a report has found.

• Holiday and holiday pay

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include a reference to The Harpur Trust v Brazel, concerning the calculation of holiday pay for part-year workers.

• Contract clause on holiday pay for employees

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to include information on The Harpur Trust v Brazel, in which the Court of Appeal held that holiday pay for "part-year workers" should not be calculated on a pro rata basis.

• Holiday policy

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to include information on The Harpur Trust v Brazel, in which the Court of Appeal held that holiday pay for "part-year workers" should not be calculated on a pro rata basis.

• Give workers more holiday to stimulate economic growth, report urges

  Date:

  12 August 2019

  Type:

  News

  Increasing minimum holiday entitlement and wages would help solve the UK's productivity crisis and stimulate economic growth, a think tank has suggested.

• Court of Appeal rules on calculation of holiday pay for term-time, zero hours workers

  Date:

  9 August 2019

  Type:

  Law reports

  In The Harpur Trust v Brazel, the Court of Appeal held that holiday pay for "part-year workers" should not be calculated on a pro rata basis, but by applying the approach set out in s.224 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 and calculating average weekly remuneration over the previous 12 weeks.